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That's me thenTrev said:
North Yorks Most beautiful county in the UK.... wellthat is my story and I am sticking to it
North Yorks Most beautiful county in the UK.... wellthat is my story and I am sticking to it
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Trev
I loved walking in the Dales Nat park when I could still walk and LoveOphelia said:That's me then
that is my story and I am sticking to it
visiting Skipton. But then all that was West Riding
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Ophelia
Aye they mucked up the RidingsTrev said:
I was raised in the East Riding but lovethe North.
The following might bring you back some nice memories
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OSIRIS
It would seem I've started a new thread ;-)Aye they mucked up the Ridings
the North.
The following might bring you back some nice memories
I was only three or four when the family moved to Lancashire, and only
seven when we moved to Canada, so I don't have "many fond memories" --
Only what I remember my Dad reading to me from Clock Almanack. The
wife and I went back for a week in 2008, but I don't imagine what we
saw was anything like what it was in the early 1940s. I do agree,
though that the country scenery was lovely (and the ales -- wow!)
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.... and a very nice thread it isOSIRIS said:
)lol well, there are a lot of pics on the web. Have a look around
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Oh, I did all that before our trip. The trip 'though, was alol well, there are a lot of pics on the web. Have a look around
"go-back-once-more-before-I-croak" sort of thing, since I hadn't been
in England since I was seven years old, and likely won't again. It
served that purpose (the emotional one that is) and also was lots of
fun.
Too bad we can't get ales like that in Canada (Molson's Export Ale
-yuck!)
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I am so pleased you got everything out of the trip that you wished. I canOSIRIS said:
imagine it was very emotional. Anyroad if you want to talk 'eeh bah gum'
I'm yer lass
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eeh, 'ats reet 'n ahm yer lad -- which pretty much exhausts myI am so pleased you got everything out of the trip that you wished. I can
imagine it was very emotional. Anyroad if you want to talk 'eeh bah gum'
I'm yer lass
Yorkshire dialect ;-).
One thing I tried to find and could not was Yorkshire stand pie. Lots
of Melton Mobrey, but no YSP, even in York. But the ales made up for
it.
Funny story (at least from the POV of a North American)...
We arrived in York at the B&B about 8 PM, not having eaten since
breakfast. The B&B wasn't going to open the kitchen just for us and
sent us round the corner to the local (a pub called "The Locomotive").
The proprieter (a lovely old Yorkshire lass) explained it was a bank
holiday and she hadn't stocked the kitchen, but she'd rummage through
the freezer and see what she could find. She returned a short while
later and said she had some frozen hamburgers and she could fry up
some chips. We accepted eagerly. A half hour later we were served
and it turned out she didn't know what a "hamburger" was. She'd
served us HAM burgers! <chuckle>
Anyway, we were so hungry a cardboard box would have tasted OK at that
point and the chips were very good and the local ale was even better.
All's well that ends well.
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Ophelia
Ehhhhhhh lad! Tha's dunnit reeet grandOSIRIS said:
I am not sure I have ever had one! Unless we called it somthing different.
Blimey! How long ago was that??
Excellent
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A pork pie that "Stands" upright (My Father's explanation from when I
asked as a lad). Looks like a Melton Mobrey, but a slightly different
mix of seasoning, and often a bit larger.
Wikipedia: "In some parts of Yorkshire, especially West Yorkshire (and
more so, Halifax), pork pies are called "stand pies". Melton Mobrey
uses uncured pork, Stand Pie uses cured pork.
In 2008!! That's why we were so astounded.
From Clock Almanack: "Fro' Hull, Hell, and Halifax, Good Lord preserve
us".
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Ok I have heard of 'stand pies' but not sure I have had oneOSIRIS said:
'ecky thump!!
LOL now THAT one I know
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